07/02/2019 – Ephemeris – Looking for Draco the Dragon
Ephemeris for Tuesday, July 2nd. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 30 minutes, setting at 9:31, and it will rise tomorrow at 6:02. The Moon is new today, and won’t be visible.
Later today Chile and Argentina will experience a total solar eclipse. High in the northern sky at 11 p.m. lies the twisted constellation, that of Draco the dragon. This dragon is more like the snakelike Chinese dragon than the dinosaur-like dragon of European legend. I find it better to start at the tail of Draco, to trace him out in the stars. Draco’s tail starts between the bowl of the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper. The Dragon is seen in a line of stars that extends parallel to the handle of the Big Dipper before curving around the bowl of the Little Dipper then bends back toward the southeast. The head of Draco is an odd box of stars above the bright star Vega, high in the east. Though not made up of very bright stars, Draco has an easy shape to trace.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Draco finder animation for 11 p.m. July 2. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium and GIMP.
07/01/2019 – Ephemeris – Previewing July skies
Ephemeris for Monday, July 1st. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 31 minutes, setting at 9:32, and it will rise tomorrow at 6:01. The Moon, 1 day before new, will rise at 5:49 tomorrow morning.
Lets preview July’s skies. The Sun, having reached its northern solstice, is beginning to slide southward again, at first imperceptibly, then with greater speed. The daylight hours will decrease from 15 hours and 31 minutes today to 14 hours 42 minutes at month’s end. The daylight hours will be slightly shorter south of Interlochen, and slightly longer to the north. The altitude of the Sun at local noon, when it is due south will decrease from 68 degrees now to 63 degrees at month’s end. The Sun will be a degree lower in the Straits area. Despite the warmth, the Earth will reach its greatest distance from the Sun this Friday the 5th. On that day the Earth will reach 94.5 million miles (152.1 million km) from the Sun.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
July Evening Star Chart
Star Chart for July 2019 (11 p.m. EDT July 15, 2019). Created using my LookingUp program. Click on image to enlarge.
The planets and stars are plotted for the 15th at 11 p.m. EDT in the evening and 4:30 a.m. for the morning chart. These are the chart times. Note that Traverse City is located approximately 45 minutes behind our time meridian, West 75° longitude. (An hour 45 minutes behind our daylight saving time meridian during EDT). To duplicate the star positions on a planisphere you may have to set it to 1 hour 45 minutes earlier than the current time.
Note the chart times are for the 15th. For each week before the 15th add ½ hour (28 minutes if you’re picky). For each week after the 15th subtract ½ hour. The planet positions are updated each Wednesday on this blog. For planet positions on dates other than the 15th.
July Morning Star Chart
Star Chart for July mornings 2019 (4:30 a.m. EDT July 15, 2019). Created using my LookingUp program. Click on image to enlarge.
For a list of constellation names to go with the abbreviations click here.
- Pointer stars at the front of the bowl of the Big Dipper point to Polaris the North Star.
- Leaky dipper drips on Leo.
- Follow the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper to the star Arcturus, and
- Extend like a spike to Spica.
- The Summer Triangle is in red.
- DAqR is the radiant of the South Delta Aquariid meteor shower (Peaks on the 30th)
Twilight Limits, Nautical and Astronomical
| EDT | |||||||
| Traverse City |
Morning twilight | Evening twilight | Dark night | Moon | |||
| Date | Astro. | Nautical | Nautical | Astro. | Start | End | Illum. |
| 2019-07-01 | 3h37m | 4h40m | 23h00m | 0h03m | 0h03m | 3h37m | 0.02 |
| 2019-07-02 | 3h38m | 4h41m | 23h00m | 0h02m | 0h02m | 3h38m | 0 |
| 2019-07-03 | 3h40m | 4h42m | 22h59m | 0h02m | 0h02m | 3h40m | 0.01 |
| 2019-07-04 | 3h41m | 4h43m | 22h59m | 0h01m | 0h01m | 3h41m | 0.06 |
| 2019-07-05 | 3h42m | 4h44m | 22h58m | 0h00m | 0h00m | 3h42m | 0.13 |
| 2019-07-06 | 3h43m | 4h45m | 22h58m | 23h59m | – | 3h43m | 0.22 |
| 2019-07-07 | 3h45m | 4h46m | 22h57m | 23h58m | 0h34m | 3h45m | 0.33 |
| 2019-07-08 | 3h46m | 4h47m | 22h56m | 23h57m | 1h03m | 3h46m | 0.45 |
| 2019-07-09 | 3h48m | 4h48m | 22h56m | 23h55m | 1h31m | 3h48m | 0.56 |
| 2019-07-10 | 3h49m | 4h49m | 22h55m | 23h54m | 1h58m | 3h49m | 0.67 |
| 2019-07-11 | 3h51m | 4h50m | 22h54m | 23h53m | 2h26m | 3h51m | 0.77 |
| 2019-07-12 | 3h52m | 4h51m | 22h53m | 23h52m | 2h57m | 3h52m | 0.86 |
| 2019-07-13 | 3h54m | 4h52m | 22h52m | 23h50m | 3h32m | 3h54m | 0.92 |
| 2019-07-14 | 3h56m | 4h53m | 22h51m | 23h49m | – | – | 0.92 |
| 2019-07-15 | 3h58m | 4h54m | 22h50m | 23h47m | – | – | 0.97 |
| 2019-07-16 | 3h59m | 4h56m | 22h49m | 23h46m | – | – | 1 |
| 2019-07-17 | 4h01m | 4h57m | 22h48m | 23h44m | – | – | 1 |
| 2019-07-18 | 4h03m | 4h58m | 22h47m | 23h42m | – | – | 0.98 |
| 2019-07-19 | 4h05m | 5h00m | 22h46m | 23h41m | – | – | 0.95 |
| 2019-07-20 | 4h07m | 5h01m | 22h44m | 23h39m | 23h39m | 23h40m | 0.89 |
| 2019-07-21 | 4h08m | 5h02m | 22h43m | 23h37m | 23h37m | – | 0.83 |
| 2019-07-22 | 4h10m | 5h04m | 22h42m | 23h35m | 23h35m | 0h04m | 0.75 |
| 2019-07-23 | 4h12m | 5h05m | 22h41m | 23h33m | 23h33m | 0h27m | 0.66 |
| 2019-07-24 | 4h14m | 5h06m | 22h39m | 23h32m | 23h32m | 0h50m | 0.56 |
| 2019-07-25 | 4h16m | 5h08m | 22h38m | 23h30m | 23h30m | 1h14m | 0.46 |
| 2019-07-26 | 4h18m | 5h09m | 22h36m | 23h28m | 23h28m | 1h40m | 0.36 |
| 2019-07-27 | 4h20m | 5h11m | 22h35m | 23h26m | 23h26m | 2h11m | 0.26 |
| 2019-07-28 | 4h22m | 5h12m | 22h33m | 23h24m | 23h24m | 2h48m | 0.16 |
| 2019-07-29 | 4h24m | 5h14m | 22h32m | 23h22m | 23h22m | 3h34m | 0.09 |
| 2019-07-30 | 4h26m | 5h15m | 22h30m | 23h20m | 23h20m | 4h26m | 0.03 |
| 2019-07-31 | 4h28m | 5h17m | 22h29m | 23h18m | 23h18m | 4h28m | 0 |
Twilight calendar was generated using Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts).
See my blog post: Twilight Zone for the definitions of the different periods of twilight here: https://bobmoler.wordpress.com/2018/09/27/.
NASA Calendar of Planetary Events
Jul 1 Mo Venus: 12° W
2 Tu 3:16 pm New Moon
2 Tu 3:23 pm Total Solar Eclipse
S Pacific, Chile, Argentina
2 Tu 6:02 pm Moon North Dec.: 22.4° N
3 We 2:53 am Moon Ascending Node
4 Th 4:34 am Moon-Mercury: 3.3° S
4 Th 8:53 am Mercury-Beehive: 4.6° S
4 Th 11:02 am Moon-Beehive: 0.2° S
4 Th 2:59 pm Aphelion: 1.0168 AU
5 Fr 12:54 am Moon Perigee: 363700 km
5 Fr 7:18 pm Mercury-Mars: 3.8° N
9 Tu 6:55 am First Quarter
9 Tu 12:12 pm Saturn Opposition
13 Sa 3:06 am Mars-Beehive: 0.4° S
13 Sa 3:43 pm Moon-Jupiter: 2.5° S
15 Mo 6:49 pm Moon South Dec.: 22.4° S
16 Tu 3:27 am Moon-Saturn: 0.2° N
16 Tu 5:05 am Moon Descending Node
16 Tu 5:31 pm Partial Lunar Eclipse
S America, most of E Hemisphere
16 Tu 5:38 pm Full Moon
20 Sa 8:01 pm Moon Apogee: 405500 km
21 Su 8:32 am Mercury Inferior Conj.
24 We 9:18 pm Last Quarter
27 Sa 8:47 pm Moon-Aldebaran: 2.4° S
28 Su 10:59 am Delta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 20
Intl. Meteor Org. has the peak on the 30th.
30 Tu 4:10 am Moon North Dec.: 22.4° N
30 Tu 1:02 pm Moon Ascending Node
31 We 11:12 pm New Moon
Aug 1 Th Venus: 3.6° W
All event times are given for UTC-4 hr: Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
Sky Events Calendar by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA’s GSFC),
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html.
If you go to the above site you can print out a list like the above for the entire year or calendar pages for your time zone.
Sun and Moon Rising and Setting Events
LU Ephemeris of Sky Events for Interlochen/TC
July, 2019 Local time zone: EDT
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| DATE | SUN SUN DAYLIGHT| TWILIGHT* |MOON RISE OR ILLUM |
| | RISE SET HOURS | END START |PHASE SET** TIME FRACTN|
+=======================================================================+
|Mon 1| 06:00a 09:32p 15:31 | 10:57p 04:35a | Rise 05:49a 1%|
|Tue 2| 06:01a 09:31p 15:30 | 10:57p 04:36a |New Set 09:37p 0%|
|Wed 3| 06:02a 09:31p 15:29 | 10:56p 04:36a | Set 10:33p 2%|
|Thu 4| 06:02a 09:31p 15:28 | 10:56p 04:37a | Set 11:20p 7%|
|Fri 5| 06:03a 09:31p 15:27 | 10:55p 04:38a | Set 11:59p 14%|
|Sat 6| 06:04a 09:30p 15:26 | 10:55p 04:39a | Set 12:33a 23%|
+------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------------------+
|Sun 7| 06:04a 09:30p 15:25 | 10:54p 04:40a | Set 01:03a 34%|
|Mon 8| 06:05a 09:29p 15:24 | 10:53p 04:41a | Set 01:31a 45%|
|Tue 9| 06:06a 09:29p 15:23 | 10:52p 04:42a |F Qtr Set 01:58a 56%|
|Wed 10| 06:07a 09:28p 15:21 | 10:52p 04:43a | Set 02:26a 67%|
|Thu 11| 06:07a 09:28p 15:20 | 10:51p 04:44a | Set 02:57a 77%|
|Fri 12| 06:08a 09:27p 15:19 | 10:50p 04:45a | Set 03:32a 85%|
|Sat 13| 06:09a 09:27p 15:17 | 10:49p 04:46a | Set 04:11a 92%|
+------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------------------+
|Sun 14| 06:10a 09:26p 15:16 | 10:48p 04:48a | Set 04:57a 96%|
|Mon 15| 06:11a 09:25p 15:14 | 10:47p 04:49a | Set 05:48a 99%|
|Tue 16| 06:12a 09:25p 15:12 | 10:46p 04:50a |Full Rise 09:30p 100%|
|Wed 17| 06:13a 09:24p 15:11 | 10:45p 04:51a | Rise 10:10p 99%|
|Thu 18| 06:14a 09:23p 15:09 | 10:44p 04:53a | Rise 10:45p 96%|
|Fri 19| 06:15a 09:22p 15:07 | 10:42p 04:54a | Rise 11:14p 91%|
|Sat 20| 06:16a 09:21p 15:05 | 10:41p 04:55a | Rise 11:40p 85%|
+------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------------------+
|Sun 21| 06:17a 09:20p 15:03 | 10:40p 04:57a | Rise 12:04a 78%|
|Mon 22| 06:18a 09:19p 15:01 | 10:39p 04:58a | Rise 12:27a 69%|
|Tue 23| 06:19a 09:18p 14:59 | 10:37p 04:59a | Rise 12:50a 60%|
|Wed 24| 06:20a 09:17p 14:57 | 10:36p 05:01a |L Qtr Rise 01:14a 51%|
|Thu 25| 06:21a 09:16p 14:55 | 10:34p 05:02a | Rise 01:40a 41%|
|Fri 26| 06:22a 09:15p 14:53 | 10:33p 05:04a | Rise 02:11a 31%|
|Sat 27| 06:23a 09:14p 14:51 | 10:32p 05:05a | Rise 02:48a 21%|
+------+-----------------------+----------------+-----------------------+
|Sun 28| 06:24a 09:13p 14:49 | 10:30p 05:07a | Rise 03:34a 13%|
|Mon 29| 06:25a 09:12p 14:47 | 10:29p 05:08a | Rise 04:30a 6%|
|Tue 30| 06:26a 09:11p 14:44 | 10:27p 05:09a | Rise 05:37a 2%|
|Wed 31| 06:27a 09:10p 14:42 | 10:25p 05:11a |New Set 09:10p 0%|
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
* Nautical Twilight
** Moonrise or moonset, whichever occurs between sunrise and sunset
06/28/2019 – Ephemeris – Arcturus, just passing thru!
Ephemeris for Friday, June 28th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 33 minutes, setting at 9:32, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:59. The Moon, 3 days past last quarter, will rise at 3:42 tomorrow morning.
Arcturus is an orange-colored giant star, 37 light years away. We see it high in the south-southwest and pointed to by following the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper. Arcturus is a rapidly moving star. It’s velocity is about 76 miles per second (122 km/s). It’s almost at its nearest to the Sun now. In the next 1,500 years it will move about one degree, twice the width of the Moon toward Spica. Arcturus may have been part of a dwarf galaxy being assimilated by the Milky Way which may account to its rapid motion. Arcturus is thought to be close to 8% more massive than the Sun and about 6 to 8 ½ billion years old. It has entered its red giant stage after running out of hydrogen in its core. It may be a glimpse of what the Sun will look like in 5 billion years.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Bootes and the Big Dipper, a finder chart for Arcturus.
Closeup of the region around Arcturus. The short line toward 5 o’clock is the distance Arcturus will travel in the next 1,500 years. Note there are other stars, which are nearby like Arcturus, with comparable proper motions. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts).
06/27/2019 – Ephemeris – The constellation of Lyra the lyre or harp
Ephemeris for Thursday, June 27th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 33 minutes, setting at 9:32, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:59. The Moon, 2 days past last quarter, will rise at 3:13 tomorrow morning.
High up in the eastern sky at 11 p.m. can be found a bright star just north of a small, narrow, but very distinctive parallelogram of stars. They are the stars of the constellation Lyra the harp. The bright star is Vega, one of the twenty one brightest first magnitude stars. Vega is actually the 4th brightest night-time star. The harp, according to Greek mythology, was invented by the Greek god Hermes. The form of the harp in the sky, is as he had invented it: by stretching strings across a tortoise shell. Hermes gave it to his half-brother Apollo, who in turn gave it to the great musician Orpheus. The Sun has a motion with respect to most stars around it. Its direction is towards the vicinity of Lyra.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Animated Lyra finder chart. The lyre image not supplied by Stellarium but is from The World’s Earliest Music by Hermann Smith, Figure 60, A Project Gutenberg eBook, and captioned “The Chelys or Greek Tortoiseshell Lyre”. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium.
06/26/2019 – Ephemeris – Checking out the locations of the bright planets for this week
Ephemeris for Wednesday, June 26th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 33 minutes, setting at 9:32, latest sunset of the year, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:59. The Moon, 1 day past last quarter, will rise at 2:47 tomorrow morning.
Let’s look at the planets for this week. Mars and Mercury will be low in the west-northwestern sky to the left of the star Pollux. Mercury is somewhat brighter than Pollux tonight with dimmer Mars to the right of Mercury. Mercury is separating from Mars rapidly, It’s not named for the messenger of the gods for nothing. Mercury will set at 11 p.m., three minutes after Mars. Jupiter will start the evening low in the southeast. It’s far brighter than any star and will be visible just about all night, setting at 4:55 a.m. It’s in Ophiuchus the serpent bearer now, just above Scorpius the scorpion. In the morning sky we have Saturn which will rise at 10:11 p.m., in the east-southeast. It’s in Sagittarius the archer. Venus is too close to the Sun to be seen.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Mercury and Mars with the brighter stars at 10:15 p.m., June 26, 2019. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium.
Jupiter and Saturn at 11 p.m. June 26, 2019. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium.
Jupiter and Saturn with the same magnification at 11:30 p.m., June 26, 2019. Created using Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts).
The waning crescent Moon at 4:30 a.m. June 27, 2019. Created using Stellarium.
Planets and the Moon at sunset and sunrise of a single night starting with sunset on the right on June 26, 2019. The night ends on the left with sunrise on the 27th. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using my LookingUp program.
06/25/2019 – Ephemeris – Weird clouds of the twilight zone
Ephemeris for Tuesday, June 25th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 34 minutes, setting at 9:32, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:58. The Moon, at last quarter today, will rise at 2:23 tomorrow morning.
This time of year one can see, on rare occasions, some ghostly clouds called noctilucent clouds. Noctilucent means night shining. These are silvery clouds that can be seen near the end of twilight. We’re a bit south of the prime latitudes to see them from 50 to 70 degrees both north and south of the equator. I’ve seen them a few times. They move rather rapidly, even though they’re at an altitude of around 50 miles. The clouds appear to be made of ice crystals that possibly form around meteoric dust. Their appearance cannot be predicted, but show up near the end of twilight and they are white, and are not the usual reddish clouds of twilight. These clouds mostly appear in July and August. But I’ve seen many recent reports of them from Europe.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia. July 26, 2009 by Martin Koitmäe. From Wikimedia Commons.
Spaceweather.com is a great place to learn more and hosts a gallery of recent noctilucent cloud photos.
06/24/2019 – Ephemeris – Ophiuchus the serpent bearer
Ephemeris for Monday, June 24th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 34 minutes, setting at 9:32, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:58. The Moon, 1 day before last quarter, will rise at 2 tomorrow morning.
The planet Jupiter shines brightly in the south-southeast at 11 p.m. In the area of sky above it lies a large constellation of faint stars called Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer. Ophiuchus represents the legendary physician Aesculapius. The constellation shape is like a large bell, which reminds me of the head, shoulders and arms of a fellow that’s holding the snake like a weight lifter struggling to pull up a heavy barbell. Serpens, the constellation of the serpent is in the sky in two sections. The front end lies to the right as Serpens Caput, and wends its way up towards Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown. Serpens Cauda, the tail rises to the left of Ophiuchus. It’s a rewarding sight, and not that hard to spot.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Ophiuchus finder animation for 11 p.m. June 24, 2019. Also showing the constellation boundaries. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium and GIMP.
06/21/2019 – Ephemeris – Summer starts today!
Ephemeris for Friday, June 21st. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 34 minutes, setting at 9:32, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:57. The Moon, half way from full to last quarter, will rise at 12:44 tomorrow morning.
At 11:54 (15:54 UT) this morning the Sun will reach its greatest angle north of the celestial equator or 23 ½ degrees. The date and the point in the sky where the Sun is at that instant is called the summer solstice, or summer Sun standstill. It means the point at which the Sun seems poised farthest north before heading southward. This would be most noticeable if you were monitoring the height of the Sun at noon or the Sun’s rising or setting point day by day as the ancients did. Besides being the day with the longest sunlight we, in the northern hemisphere, are also receiving more intense heat from the sun than any other day of the year. Still hotter weather is in store as the northern hemisphere continues to warm up.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
The Sun’s apparent path in the sky for the summer solstice. The cyan circle is the horizon and the Sun is plotted every 15 minutes throughout the day. Created using my LookingUp program. This is a slide from his school program on the cause of the seasons.
Earth from the DSCOVR satellite at the June solstice 2015. Of course we’re under a cloud. Credit NOAA
06/20/2019 – Ephemeris – Hercules wuz robbed!
Ephemeris for Thursday, June 20th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 34 minutes, setting at 9:31, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:57. The Moon, 3 days past full, will rise at 12:12 tomorrow morning.
Orion, the hard luck mythological Greek hunter gets a splashy constellation in the winter sky, but the greatest hero of all, Hercules, gets a dim group of stars on the border between the spring and summer stars. At 11 p.m. Hercules is high in the southeast. It is located above and right of the bright star, Vega in the east. Hercules’ central feature is a keystone shaped box of stars, called the Keystone, which represents the old boy’s shorts. From each top corner extend lines of stars that are his legs, from the bottom stars, the rest of his torso and arms extend. So in one final indignity he’s upside down in our sky. Some see him crouched down, club upraised holding the Hydra about to throttle it. For those with a telescope it contains the beautiful globular star cluster M13.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Hercules animation showing neighboring stars at 11 p.m. for mid June, Click on image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium and GIMP.
Stars and M13 (Great Star Cluster in Hercules) visible in binoculars in the Keystone of Hercules. Click in the image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium.
M13, the Great Globular Star Cluster in Hercules. It takes a telescope with an aperture (diameter) of 6 inches (150 mm) to begin the resolve the stars in it. Credit: Scott Anttila
06/19/2019 – Ephemeris – Checking out the bright planets for tonight
Ephemeris for Wednesday, June 19th. Today the Sun will be up for 15 hours and 34 minutes, setting at 9:31, and it will rise tomorrow at 5:56. The Moon, 2 days past full, will rise at 11:34 this evening.
Let’s look at the planets for this week. Mars and Mercury will be low in the west-northwestern sky below and left of the star Pollux. Mercury is somewhat brighter than Pollux tonight with dimmer Mars a bit right of and below Mercury. Mercury is separating from Mars rapidly, It not named for the messenger of the gods for nothing. Mercury will set at 11:13 p.m., three minutes after Mars. Jupiter will start the evening low in the southeast. It far brighter than any star and will be visible all night, setting at 5:30 a.m. It’s in Ophiuchus the serpent bearer now, just above Scorpius the scorpion. In the morning sky we have Saturn which will rise at 10:41 p.m., in the east-southeast. It’s in Sagittarius the archer. Venus is too close to the Sun to be seen.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Addendum
Mercury and Mars with the brighter stars at 10:15 p.m., June 19, 2019. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium.
Jupiter and Saturn before moonrise at 11:30 p.m. June 19, 2019. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using Stellarium.
The waning gibbous Moon at midnight as it might be seen in binoculars or a small telescope.. Created using Stellarium.
Jupiter and Saturn with the same magnification at 11:30 p.m., June 19, 2019. Created using Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts).
Planets and the Moon at sunset and sunrise of a single night starting with sunset on the right on June 19, 2019. The night ends on the left with sunrise on the 20th. Click on the image to enlarge. Created using my LookingUp program.
